Playing dirty : sexuality and waste in early modern comedy / by Stockton, Will

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The wandering anus: Ben Jonson, John Harington, and humanist homopoetics -- Shakespeare's ass: The merry wives of Windsor and the butt of the joke -- Happy endings: healing sick desires in All's well that ends well -- Happy endings II: The unfortunate traveller, the "frenzy of the visible," and the comedy of anti-semitism -- The pardoner's dirty breeches: cynicism and kynicism in The Canterbury tales.…”
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Walls to Kick and Hills to Sing From : a Comedy with Interruptions. by Edmond, Murray

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Farm fatale : a comedy of country manors / by Holden, Wendy, 1965-

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As you like it by Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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Gary Gulman : in this economy?

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Bob Hope and Elliot Norton Special

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The laughing dead : the horror-comedy film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland /

Table of Contents: “…"Oy, have you got the wrong vampire": dislocation, comic distancing, and political critique in Roman Polanski's The fearless vampire killers / Thomas Prasch -- Zany zombies, grinning ghosts, silly scientists, and nasty Nazis: comedy-horror at the threshold of World War II / Christina M. …”
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Aristophanes and the Poetics of Competition. by Biles, Zachary P., 1968-

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Shakespeare's comic commonwealths by Slights, Camille Wells

Table of Contents: “…Egeon's friends and relations : The comedy of errors ;…”
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Comic transformations in Shakespeare by Nevo, Ruth

Table of Contents: “…Shakespeare's new comedy -- 'My glass and not my brother' -- 'Kate of Kate Hall' -- The two gentlemen of Verona -- Navarre's world of words -- Fancy's images -- Jessica's monkey; or, the Goodwins -- The case of Falstaff and The merry wives -- 'Better than reportingly' -- Existence in Arden -- Nature's bias -- Comic remedies -- Appendix: scanning a Shakespeare play.…”
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Menander in antiquity : the contexts of reception by Nervegna, Sebastiana, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Canonizing Menander in Athens, Alexandria and Rome -- Menander in public theatres -- Menander at dinner parties -- Menander in schools -- Appendix one: Roman palliatae and their Greek models -- Appendix two: Paintings and mosaics illustrating new comedy -- Appendix three: Paintings and mosaics illustrating tragedy -- Appendix four: Menander-papyri.…”
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Caesar's wife : a comedy in three acts / by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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The tonadilla in performance : lyric comedy in enlightenment Spain / by Le Guin, Elisabeth, 1957-

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Dark laughter : Spanish film, comedy, and the nation / by Egea, Juan F.

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Lelia's Kiss : Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy. by Giannetti, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Lelia's Kiss and Renaissance Comedy -- 1 Women in Men's Clothing: Female Cross-Dressing Plays and the Construction of Feminine Identity -- 2 Woman with Woman: 'Ma che potrà succedermi se io donna amo una Donna?' …”
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Genre and generic change in English comedy, 1660-1710 / by Corman, Brian, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- 1 The 'Mixt Way' of Comedy -- 2 Six Representative Comedies, 1670â€?1675 -- 3 Six Representative Comedies, 1690â€?…”
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Slaves, masters, and the art of authority in Plautine comedy / by McCarthy, Kathleen, 1962-

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Lelia's Kiss : Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy. by Giannetti, Laura

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Lelia's Kiss and Renaissance Comedy -- 1 Women in Men's Clothing: Female Cross-Dressing Plays and the Construction of Feminine Identity -- 2 Woman with Woman: 'Ma che potrà succedermi se io donna amo una Donna?' …”
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Rube tube : CBS and rural comedy in the sixties / by Eskridge, Sara K.

Table of Contents: “…The Communist Broadcasting System -- Quiz Shows, Horse Operas, and the Confederacy -- A New Sheriff in Town -- The Country Broadcasting System -- Rural Comedy: The Principles of Popularity -- Rural Comedy and the Race-Free South -- The Smothers Brothers and the Rural Safety Net -- Massacre.…”
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Tragedy plus time : national trauma and television comedy / by Scepanski, Philip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Broadcast nationalism, national trauma, and television comedy -- The Kennedy assassination and the growth of sick humor on American television -- Censored comedies and comedies of censorship -- Emotional nonconformity in comedy -- Conspiracy theories and comedy -- African American comedies and the 1992 Los Angeles riots -- Television comedy and Islamophobia after 9/11 -- Comedy and Trump as trauma in narrowcast America -- Conclusion.…”
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Slaves, masters, and the art of authority in Plautine comedy / by McCarthy, Kathleen, 1962-

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Dark laughter : Spanish film, comedy, and the nation / by Egea, Juan F.

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Aristophanes and Alcibiades : echoes of contemporary history in Athenian comedy / by Vickers, Michael J.

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Laughter in occupied Palestine : comedy and identity in art and film / by Lionis, Chrisoula

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Dante's Gluttons : food and society from the Convivio to the comedy / by Callegari, Danielle

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Harry Langdon : king of silent comedy / by Oldham, Gabriella, Langdon, Mabel

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American cinema. 5, Romantic comedy

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BANYAN Carnival Callaloo

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The Best of Laughing with Samoans

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Funny pains

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Comedias burlescas del Siglo de Oro. Tomo II. Los amantes de Teruel ; Amor, ingenio y mujer ; La ventura sin buscarla ; Angélica y Medoro

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Comic democracies from ancient Athens to the American republic by Fletcher, Angus, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: modern democracies and ancient demokratia -- The ancient history of comedy and demokratia -- Fortune favors the impetuous -- The virtu of imitation -- The pursuit of indolence -- Quixotic governance -- Amending ourselves -- Demokratia at Denshawai -- Conclusion: the futures of comic democracy.…”
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I'm dying up here : heartbreak and high times in stand-up comedy's golden era / by Knoedelseder, William, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: A true comic -- Blood brothers -- The hippest room -- Mitzi's store -- Tom, Dave, and George -- All about Budd -- Six minutes, twenty-two laughs -- The boys' club -- Guns, drugs, and Westwood -- Comedy university -- Richard's baroness, Steve's movie -- The funniest year ever -- Roommates -- The New Year's resolution --- Drugs and theft -- Order, please -- Diary of a young comic -- The gauntlet -- Comedians for compensation -- Choosing up sides -- Fire! …”
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Month in the Country. by Nelson, Richard

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Les Jeunes France : romans goguenards. by Gautier, Théophile

Subjects: “…French drama (Comedy).;French literature.;Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872.…”
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Mañanas de Abril y Mayo by Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

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Comedias burlescas del Siglo de Oro. Tomo III. El cerco de Tagarete ; Durandarte y Belerma ; La renegada de Valladolid ; Castigar por defender

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Comedias burlescas del Siglo de Oro. Tomo I. El rey Don Alfonso, el de la mano horadada

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Comedias burlescas del Siglo de Oro. Tomo IV. Las mocedades del Cid ; El castigo en la arrogancia ; El desdén, con el desdén ; El premio de la hermosura

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Breaking big. Episode 1, Trevor Noah

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